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February 28, 2007
Creating a Transparent Signature Stamp
Attorneys and other legal professionals have discovered that they can scan their scan their signature and easily turn it into an Acrobat stamp.
The resulting stamp, however, has a white background.
When stamped on top of documents, the results are not visually pleasing:
To create a transparent stamp, you must “feed” Acrobat a file with transparency capabilities such as a GIF or Photoshop PDF.
Read on to learn how . . .
February 27, 2007
How to Import/Place an Image in a PDF
Just a bit over three years ago, I sat in the audience of my first legal technology conference.
At the time, I remember feeling a bit overwhelmed with the industry terminology and workflow despite my eighteen plus years of experience in the software industry.
At this event and others, I was able to meet many legal technology speakers who were very helpful in bringing me up to speed.
Craig Ball, Esq., veteran speaker and expert in electronic discovery, was one of the first on the circuit that welcomed me. We had an opportunity to talk about the legal market and Acrobat. I always look forward to seeing him at legal trade shows around the country.
The very first time I met Craig, he discussed how he used Acrobat to present information and shared a frustration with the product.
“I can’t just place an image into a PDF. Why not?”
In Acrobat 6 and 7, there was a multi-step process to create a stamp and place an image, but that was a lot of work.
In Acrobat 8 Professional, placing an image is much easier. Craig . . . this one’s for you!
February 19, 2007
Is that PDF Searchable?
Most law firms and even solos have a scanner that can create PDF from paper documents. Overwhelmingly, these devices create image-only, non-searchable PDFs.
Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Acrobat can add an invisible layer of searchable text while maintaining the original appearance.
The resulting searchable file is referred to as an image+text PDF.
An image+text PDF looks no different than a PDF which is not searchable. That creates a problem.
How can you tell if a PDF is searchable or not?